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English
Etymology
From distinguish + -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/
- Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guished
Adjective
distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)
- celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
- Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
- Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
- (mathematics) Specified, noted.
- Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.
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Translations
celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- Arabic: مميزة
- Bulgarian: виден (bg) (viden), изтъкнат (bg) (iztǎknat)
- Catalan: distingit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 卓著 (zh) (zhuózhù)
- Danish: anset, fremtrædende
- Dutch: voortreffelijk (nl), eminent (nl), voornaam (nl)
- Finnish: tunnettu (fi), arvostettu (fi)
- French: distingué (fr)
- Galician: distinguido m
- German: bedeutend (de), hervorragend (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὑπέροχος (hupérokhos)
- Italian: emerito (it) m, distinto (it) m
- Japanese: 非凡な (ja) (hibon na), 特異な (ja) (tokui na), 傑出した (ja) (kesshutsu shita)
- Latin: ēgregius, amplus (la), notātus (la)
- Malayalam: വിശിഷ്ട (ml) (viśiṣṭa)
- Maori: taiea, kairangatira, ahurei, matararahi, amaru
- Polish: wybitny (pl)
- Portuguese: distinto (pt) m
- Romanian: distinct (ro) m
- Russian: ви́дный (ru) (vídnyj), выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja), имени́тый (ru) (imenítyj)
- Sanskrit: प्रभव (sa) (prabhava)
- Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach
- Spanish: distinguido (es)
- Tocharian B: ṣotarye
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having a dignified appearance or demeanor
mathematics: specified, noted
Verb
distinguished
- simple past and past participle of distinguish